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    Saint-Riquier (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʁikje]; Picard: Saint-Ritchier) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France....
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    Richarius (redirect from Saint Riquier)
    founder of two monasteries. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Riquier's vita was probably written at the end of the...
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    "Monastery of St Richarius" (Sancti Richarii monasterium) at present-day Saint-Riquier in Picardy. Elected abbot in 794, he rebuilt the monastery and endowed...
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    as a saint is attested in 834 by mention of a relic at Le Mans. Around 987 Vigor's relics came to the Abbey of Saint-Riquier in Ponthieu. Saint-Ouen Abbey...
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    Norman writer William of Malmesbury and the chronicle of the abbey of Saint-Riquier in France (where he made a grant) describe Ralph the staller as a Breton...
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  • abbot and lay abbot respectively of Saint-Riquier, died in battle. Charles appointed Louis abbot of Saint-Riquier with Charles's uncle Rudolf as his lay...
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    the 17th century. Saints Caidoc and Fricor joined Riquier's community and remained there until they were buried in Saint Riquier's church. St. Pachomius...
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    unbroken from late Roman times. Another early cloister, in the abbey of Saint-Riquier (790–799), took a triangular shape, with chapels at the corners, in...
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    Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. A small forestry and farming village...
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    Saint-Riquier-ès-Plains is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. A farming village situated in the Pays...
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    Amiens (redirect from Saint-Acheul (Amiens))
    Romain Rolland, Sacré-Cœur [fr] (private), Saint-Martin (private), Saint-Rémi (private) and Saint-Riquier (private). General and technological high schools:...
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    until much later. The two hundred cappae or copes which appear in a Saint-Riquier inventory in the year 801, a number increased to 377 by the year 831...
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    The manuscript was intended as a gift for Angilbert the lay Abbot of Saint-Riquier Abbey and lover of Charlemagne's daughter Bertha. Angilbert donated...
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    so that she could select the best for herself. When Gervin, abbot of Saint-Riquier, was visiting the English court, he rejected her kiss of greeting and...
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    these suburbs are Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Le Grand-Quevilly, Le Petit-Quevilly, and Mont-Saint-Aignan, each with a population exceeding...
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    the location of the farm of Abbatisvilla, dependent upon the Abbey of Saint-Riquier. The suburbs of La Bouvaque and Thuison are located to the north of...
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  • couple had at least one illegitimate child, Louis, Abbot of Saint-Denis, Saint-Riquier, and Saint-Wandrille, who was also chancellor to his cousin Charles...
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    France (c. 620) Saint Trudpert, a hermit, possibly from Ireland, who lived in Münstethal in Germany (c. 644) Saint Richarius (Riquier), Abbot, Confessor...
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    of the Princely Abbey of Corvey, and the foundation of the abbeys of Saint-Riquier and Fulda marked a new departure. The Palace of Aachen with its Palatine...
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    to the Jesuits in 1814. They are now occupied by the private Lycée Saint-Riquier. The abbey church is used as a parish church. The church is on the chaussée...
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    Franco-Swiss singer (soprano) and singing teacher. Rose Fréart was born in Saint-Riquier. Her father was a sugar industrialist. Shortly after the birth of his...
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    Saint-Esprit Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (Meurthe-et-Moselle), Basilica of Saint-Nicolas Saint-Riquier (Somme), Abbey Senlis (Oise), transepts of Senlis Cathedral Sens...
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    Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux Saint-Pierre-le-Viger Saint-Rémy-Boscrocourt Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière Saint-Riquier-ès-Plains Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc Saint-Saëns...
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    them on the muddy fields near Azincourt (not the present-day Agincourt) on Saint Crispin's Day, 25 October 1415. The Battle of Agincourt ended in a decisive...
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    her brother Rudolph acquired and became Lay Abbot of the Abbeys of Saint Riquier and Jumieges. In April 830, Frankish nobility revolted against Emperor...
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    the Normans invaded the valley of the Somme, and sacked the abbey of Saint-Riquier. They pillaged Amiens and held it for more than a year, until the city...
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    Picardy (either that of Saint-Médard or Saint Riquier). In the fifteenth century it was in the possession of the Abbey of Saint Magloire in Paris. Around...
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  • de Hollande Born c. 990 Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium Died c. 1045 Saint-Riquier, Somme, France Noble family Holland Spouse(s) Baldwin II, Count of Boulogne...
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    popular pebbled beach, a 15th-century castle and the churches of Saint-Jacques and Saint-Remi. The mouth of the river Scie lies at Hautot-sur-Mer, directly...
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    high school, situated in the school complex at Saint-Jacques Guy de Maupassant high school, also at Saint-Jacques 12th – 14th century ruins of the ducal...
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